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Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey French
Not on view
The tiny Temple of Athena Nike, which stands next to the Propylaea, was dismantled by the Ottomans in the seventeenth century and its material used for defensive fortifications. Girault photographed it during its restoration (1835–45). Notably lacking are the fifth-century b.c. sculpted reliefs from the frieze that ran above its columns; the British diplomat Lord Elgin had removed the remaining fragments from the site at the beginning of the nineteenth century, along with sculptures from the Parthenon, Erechtheion, and Propylaea.
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